THE LABOR ADVOCATE &&&&& New 'Culled' Political Party Is Welcomed In John Street Uplifters See Ray of Hope For the Revival of Profitable Election Day Business in Organization of the Ad vancement Party by Galaxy of Illustrious Dinges. President Johnsing Gets Busy. ' I sees liy the papahs that us culled gentlemen are to have a political pahty of ouh own," said President Erastus Johnsing of the John Street Improve ment. Welfare, Uplift and Gencral-Do-Vour-Xcighbor Good Association at its regular weekly meeting Friday night. "An' I am suttenly pleased to heah it. I knows of nothing wc niggahs needs moli than a pahty of ouh own espec ially at this time. I was among those present, a sort of mid-wife, when the new Advancement pality was holm and helped to select the roster of illustrious names of those eminent culled gentle men who is to lead us into offices and away from the hod an' the garbage wagon. "We has two well defined objects in view. The first is to shake down...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE Wage Scale is Chief Cause of Welsh Coal Mine Strike While Owners Reap Profits War Time, Increase in Miners Served Notice in The strike at the coal mines of South Wales, by which nearly 2)(),M)() men hae laid down their tools, cannot have come as a surprise to the British Gov ernment nor to the mine owners. No tices of intention to strike at the end of three months unless their demands were granted were handed to the coal operators early in April by the men, and this formally was preceded by months of agitation in Parliament by the lcad- ers of the labor political parties. In the last three months the President of I the Hoard of Trade. Walter Kuncimau,! who has charge of the Government's , part in the settlement between the min- ers and the coal owners, has had mini-'J erotts conferences in London with rep-i risiutativcs of both sides. The strike notices handed in early in ' April marked the date when the old i wage agreements were terminated over the whole of the ...

The Labor Advocate INDEPENDENT NON-PARTISAN it A PAPER FOR ALL WHO TOIL" Official Organ of the Building Trades Council of Cincinnati and Vicinity U1 Vol. -HI.' No. 16 CINCINNATI, OHIO, AUGUST 7, 1915 One Dollar a Year 'jjSsps&aaj Samuel Gompers Is Guest Of Local Labor Unions at Receptions and Banquets Veteran Head of Organized Labor in the United States Urges Better Organization to Guard Against Certain Attempt to Cut Wages After European War Is Over Building Trades Council Entertains. Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, was in Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon and night and the veteran head of organized labor in the United States was busy almost every hour of the time. In the afternoon he addressed the con vention of Stationary Firemen at Cos mopolitan Hall ; early in the evening he was the guest and principal speaker at ' a reception by the Central Labor Coun-1 cil and later was the guest at a banquet given by the Building Trades Council at its headquarte...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE The Stay -at-Home Element Handicaps Union Labor An article by James M. Lynch, written for the Denver Labor Bulletin, tells you what the stay-at-home clement does to the efforts of those who try to help them by coming to the meetings. Bro thcr Lynch's article follows: "The stay-at-home element is the greatest drag to trade union effort. The trade union is the most important so ciety with which the wage-earner is af filiated. It is his bread and butter or ganization. Under our present wage sys tem it fixes the conditions under which he works and the money return for his labor. Nothing can be more important to the toiler, from an existence stand point, than the wages and conditions tin der which he labors, for these directly affect the enjoyment of life and pursuit of happiness, "Remember that you are responsible for your union and its welfare. You cannot shrink that responsibility. The union is wliat you and your colleagues make it. It can and should be a power ful ...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE M Toys "Made in the U.S.A." Coming Into Theiy Own Japan, Which Assumed to Inherit the Trade Lost to Teutons, Must Now Succumb Her Products Too Flimsy to Meet Childhood's Requirements. In nn absolutely open market the American toy manufacturers have beaten the Japanese in their own field. The publication of the figures of Japan's commerce during the year ending May 111, have been made the basis of a con certed effort in Yokohama to try to re capture the lost ground. With the outbreak of the European war the manufacture of toys in Aus tria and Germany was stopped sudden ly. Great difficulties of distribution con fronted other toy producing countries, such as Holland Their exports, there fore, were materially reduced. Toys had to be made, for children must play. With the difficulties of transportation on the Atlantic, the ejes of the Far East turned expectantly to those nations con trolling the trade of the Pacific Japan and the United States. Then Japan Took the Fie...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE a paper ron ALL WHO TOIL Olllclnl Oignn l Tlu ISullding; 'l'i ink's Comull (it Cincinnati and Vic lull) IsSUFD WfEkM V. E MYERS Editor ltuslnc5S Oflicc, il TJiomi Iluilding TJionc, Cinal 0511 Comnumicitionj shoulil be on Inntl not later than Wednesday to insure publication ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entcr-d at the postolficc at Cincinnati, 0 , as tcconj cia? mall matter. a3-ti70 Cim Iimntl, Oliln, August 7, ij)15. THE BRITISH NOTE. The Labor Advocate I lime this man was ,,ci,,kr wi,lcd and dined lie knew that lie had cheated tin widows and orphans, taken the savings of the working people, and that the time was drawing near when they would lose their all. It is not the desiie of the Union Banner to speak harshly of the dead, but there is a lesson to learn of this failure. It was a nne-nian bank, govern ed by no law, not even being com pelled to render a public state ment of resources and liabilities. It was one of the few banks left in Texas operating under that ...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE Do You Want to Live to Be 100 Years Old? Read This Henry F. Swanbaek, the oldest Odd Fellow in America, who lives at the age - ..w.. in ittiiviikii, it iiv Jitia in iii- tii. of 100 at Greenwood, Neb., was a hoy hood friend of Bismarck. His grand- iaiuer nveo to ne. i it. following are his rules for living to he 100: "Go to hed early and net up early. "Never sleep in a heated room. "Keep fresh air in the sleeping room. "Sleep out of doors in summer win ter, too, if it can he arranged. "Drink plenty of fresh water. "Use very little red liriior. "As old age comes on take, each morn ing, a small wineglass of one-third gly cerine and two-thirds good whisky. "Smoke as often as you please, hut do not inhale the smoke or hlow it out through the nostrils. "If you an; unfortunate enough to lose Men Who Make War Munitions Get More Pay South licthlchcm, Pa. A voluntary in crease in wages, which will average 10 per cent, was granted the 17,000 em ployees of the Bethlehem Stee...

The Labor Advocate INDEPENDENT NON-PARTISAN "4 PAPER FOR ALL WHO TOIL" ' Official Organ of the Building Trades Council of Cincinnati and Vicinity Vol. III. No. 17 CINCINNATI, OHIO, AUGUST 14, 1915 One Dollar a Year f I'V 7 C. l: CO' K I Gov. Willis, Who Betrayed Labor, Is Candidate for Presidential Nomination Ohio Executive Builds Up Political Machine to Aid Him in His Aspirations Broke His Promises and Balked Legislation Favorable to Workingmen Trying to Side-Track Burton. Gov. Frank B. Willis, of Ohio, is a candidate for the Republican nomina tion for Hie Presidency. This an nouncement was made in Columbus this week by Lieutenant-Governor John Arnold, who is casting his politi cal eye on the horizon to see his own candidacy materialize as the successor of Governor Willis. Arnold went on to say that an effort was under way to sidetrack former Senator Theodore E. Burton to the United States scnatorship, and that those behind the movement were back ing Ralph. D. Cole, who was defeate...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE Deputy United States Marshals Seize Homes of Danbury Hatters for Fine "Danbury, Conn. United Stales Mar shal Mitlillebrook and Deputy Marshal Haw ley today began serving notices of foreclosure upon KiO persons in Dan bury and vicinity, named as defendants in tlie Danbury batters' case. The work .of scrvitiK the papers will take several days. The marshals said this afternoon that they are greatly pleased with the reception given them at the homes of the Itatters. in every case the decree be ing accepted as a matter of course." The above item, clipped from the col umns of a daily paper, marks the begin ning of the most tragic chapter in the lives of these people who dared to openly protest against unjust working condi tions that were no longer bearable. To collect a fine levied against them by courts who misconstrued the intent of the law, these people are to be turned out of the homes they have built through daily sacrifices of even many things con sidered necessit...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE Have You Made Your Plans To Celebrate Labor Day, Central Labor Council and the Build ing Trades Council, through their Ex ecutive Hoards, have decided to hold a 1-anor Uay parade and outing. From a letter sent out by the central point body the followimi is reiiroduced : " ll'e outing will take place at Chester Park, Monday, September (ith, inuuedi at ly after the parade. 'Dm in;; the past year Central Labor Co-red and Building Trades Council, as formerly, have taken an active part in all matters affecting the welfare of labor, both in this immediate vicinity and State affairs. It takes real money to do things, and it is necessary, therefore, to ask each and every member of Organized Labor to do what he or she can to still further make our Councils a power for im proved conditions. "Tickets of admission to the outing are being sent you. You are asked to take one for each of vour members. The amount to the individual is small, but when all the men and women holding ...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE The Labor Advocate A PAPER rOR ALL WHO TOIL Olllclu! Oi-Kiill of The liiillilliiK Trades Council of Cincinnati and Vicinity Issued Weekly V. K. MYERS Editor Business OHicc, 34 Thorns IluildlnR Phone, Canal 0511 Communications should be on hand not later than Wednesday to insure publication. ONE DOLI.AK A YHAU IN ADVANCE Entered at the postoiTicc at Cincinnati, O , as second class mail matter. cggiS5gt370 Cincinnati, Ohio, August 11, 1J)15. A WORTHY MEASURE. It was to l)o expected that the agitators who make their living out of the puhlic hy springing the initiative and referendum every time a law is passed that does not meet their personal approval would object to the Constitutional Stability League and its objects. When a man's source of income is threatened he may he expected to howl, be he preacher or bartender. The organizers of the Consti tutional Stability League are men no less friendly to the initiative and lefeicndum than ;ne the per sons who are constant...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE w ii i Q&SiS& He Quits Peace Council of Labor Organization Milton Snelling, Vice President of International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers, Writes Letter That Causes Commotion in Washington. Washington. The resignation of Mil ton Snelling, of Washington, Vice-President of the International Union of Steam and Operating Kngmcers, from the office of Kirst Vice-President of La bor's Xational Peace Council, was an nounced at headquarters of the Ameri can Federation of Labor. Following closely the clash between Representative Buchanan and the White House, because President Wilson did not sec a delegation from the Peace Council, and repeated statements of Samuel Gotnpers that the Council had no connection with the American Fed eration of Labor, Snclling's resignation added a new chapter to a series of events which stirred organized labor circles. Snelling's letter of resignation was addressed to liuchanan as President of the Peace Council. "When 1 discove...

THE LABOR ADVOCATE Beware of the Deadly Soda Glass, Says Microbe Expert Sanitarians who with relentless en ergy seek the hiding places of disease germs have recently discovered a new source of probable infection in the com mon drinking cup in public places, and have issued regulations for its abolition, says the New York Sun. That there is nothing new under the sun is again demonstrated by the historical fact that in the fourteenth century the Church found itself compelled to abolish the communion cup because cases of plague had been clearly traced to it. The first scientific discovery and ex planation of the transmission of disease by the rims of drinking vessels was published in the transactions of the paihological Society of Rochester, N. Y., for 1MH, before which Dr. Forbes pre sented microscopic evidence of the con vince of diphtheria to twenty-four families from the cup. Tubercle bacilli have also been found in the dregs of a communion cup. Two years ago the laboratory of the ...